S. Shakthidharan
S. Shakthidharan is an Australian playwright with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. Gather Up Your World In One Long Breath is his debut book.
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S. Shakthidharan
S. Shakthidharan is an Australian storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. His plays Counting and Cracking (“One of the great Australian plays” – The Guardian), The Jungle and the Sea and The Wrong Gods have won critical, commercial and community acclaim and toured extensively. Gather Up Your World In One Long Breath, with Powerhouse Publishing, is his debut book. It will be accompanied by a year-long, companion artwork with the Museum. Shakthi has a feature film, plays, TV series and multi-disciplinary works in development. He’s the Director of Kurinji, was previously Director of Co-Curious, and was Founder and Artistic Director of CuriousWorks from 2003-2018. Shakthi is a Creative Australia and Sidney Myer Fellow, and a recipient of the Phillip Parson’s and Kirk Robson awards.
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The Books That Saved Me
DATE March 29 TIME 10:00 am WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X320 Book nowOur Fathers: Adam Courtenay, Mandy Sayer, and S. Shakthidharan
DATE March 29 TIME 1:00 pm WHEREHunter Room Newcastle City Hall Book nowBY THE ARTIST
